STANFORD, Calif. – Jimmy Nati belted a pair of home runs as part of a 3-for-4 day that included five RBIs as Stanford exploded for two big innings in a 13-8 victory over Nevada on Wednesday night from Sunken Diamond.
The victory moved Stanford to 6-10 on the year and snapped a six-game skid, while Nevada fell to 8-6.
After grounding out in his first plate appearance leading off the second inning, Nati capped a six-run second inning with a two-RBI single in his second at bat of the frame. The senior second baseman launched the first of his two homers in the fourth inning before leading off the seventh with a solo shot to run his season total to four round-trippers. With the Cardinal batting around for the second time in an inning on Wednesday, Nati drew a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to force in the fifth and final run of the seventh inning.
Sophomore Charlie Bates continued his torrid start to the season, batting 2-for-5 with a double, a run scored and four RBIs.
Stanford starter Cohen Gomez did not factor in the decision after allowing four runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts over 2 1/3 innings. Senior Trevor Moore was credited with the victory and moved to 2-1 on the season after working 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Nevada starter Jayce Dobie was saddled with the loss – his first of the season – after being tagged for seven runs on five hits and three walks over 1 2/3 innings.
Trailing 7-1 after two innings, the Wolf Pack did manage to claw to within a run at 8-7 after six, but Stanford’s five-run seventh blew the game open.
The Cardinal will remain at home this week for ACC play, hosting Pitt in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6:05 p.m.
GAME NOTES:
- Stanford homered in just two of the first eight games, connecting for three home runs over the span, but has multiple home runs in each of the last eight contests - launching 22 home runs over the span
- Charlie Bates (2-for-5, R, 2B, 4 RBIs) has a team-best eight multi-hit games in his first 15 games played this year ... has hit safely in eight of his last nine … set a new career high in RBIs, surpassing his two most recently compiled at No. 15 Wake Forest on March 7 of this season
- Ethan Hott (1-for-2, R) has reached in all six of his games with an at bat this year, and eight straight games dating back to the end of the 2025 season
- Luke Lavin (2-for-4, 2 R, RBI) has hit safely in seven of his last eight games
- Tatum Marsh (2-for-5, 2 R, RBI) has reached in seven straight games
- Jimmy Nati (3-for-4, 2 HR, 5 RBIs) has reached in eight straight games … managed his fourth career multi-homer game (last: vs. Grand Canyon, 5/10/24) … fell one RBI shy of his career high of six
- Rintaro Sasaki (2-for-4, 2 R, RBI) has hit safely in five straight games and seven of his last eight, compiling four multi-hit games over the span, and has reached in eight straight
- Teddy Tokheim (1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI) has hit safely in eight of his 10 games played, has an extra-base hit in six of the 10, and has reached in nine straight contests